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ExercisesSpin — intrinsic angular momentum

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Shuru karne se pehle, yeh poora toolkit hai jo tumhe chahiye, saral shabdon mein dobara bataya gaya hai aur ek picture pe pin kiya gaya hai.

Figure — Spin — intrinsic angular momentum

Figure dekho: white arrow hai (length ). Vertical axis pe uski shadow (spin up) ya (spin down) hai. Arrow kabhi bhi ke flat along nahi let sakta, kyunki uski length uski shadow se badi hai — woh bacha hua length directions mein rehta hai jinhe hum exactly nahi jaante. Poore page ke liye yeh ek picture dimag mein rakhna.


Level 1 — Recognition

(Kya tum rule padh ke plug in kar sakte ho?)

L1.1

Ek electron ka spin quantum number hai. ki har allowed value list karo.

Recall Solution

Rule kya kehta hai: puri-number steps mein se tak chalta hai. Apply karo: se upar jaane par milta hai. Ruko (agla step , se zyada ho jaata hai). Answer: aur — exactly do values. Exactly do kyun? Kyunki . Yahi wajah hai ki Stern–Gerlach do spots deta hai.

L1.2

Ek Stern–Gerlach magnet mein spin- particles ki beam kitne distinct spots banayegi?

Recall Solution

Rule: orientations ki sankhya . Apply karo: . Answer: 4 spots ( se).

L1.3

Electron ke spin ki magnitude , ke units mein likho.

Recall Solution

Rule: . Apply karo: . Answer: .


Level 2 — Application

(Ek rule ko formula ke saath combine karo aur number nikalo.)

L2.1

Electron ke spin-up vector aur -axis ke beech angle calculate karo.

Recall Solution

Cosine kyun use karein? -axis ek right triangle ki ek side hai jiska hypotenuse hai. ke along side shadow hai. "Adjacent over hypotenuse" exactly hai — yahi woh tool hai jo shadow-length ko angle mein convert karta hai. Answer: . Yeh nahi hai — arrow tilts karta hai, hamesha.

Figure — Spin — intrinsic angular momentum

L2.2

Spin-down () ke liye -axis se angle nikaalo. Kya picture consistent rehti hai?

Recall Solution

Negative sign kyun matter karta hai: negative cosine ka matlab hai arrow lower hemisphere ki taraf point karta hai ( se aage ka angle). , spin-up ka exact mirror. Dono cases cover ho gaye: up, se tilt; down, se tilt.

L2.3

Electron ke spin magnetic moment ka ke along magnitude , J/T mein nikaalo. use karo.

Recall Solution

Rule: . aur ke saath: Answer: . factor hi wajah hai ki spin double itna magnetic hai jitna naïve current-loop guess deta.


Level 3 — Analysis

(Sirf compute nahi, kyun ke baare mein sochna.)

L3.1

Dikhao ki jab spin quantum number bahut bada hota hai, toh "most-aligned" state () ka tilt angle shrink hokar ki taraf jaata hai. Iska interpretation karo.

Recall Solution

Setup: most-aligned state mein aur hai. Toh Limit: jab , , toh aur . Interpret karo: bade (large systems) ke liye, arrow almost perfectly ke align ho sakta hai — quantum tilt negligible ho jaata hai aur hum classical picture recover karte hain. Chhote (jaise electron ka ) ke liye, tilt bada () aur irreducibly quantum hai. Yeh correspondence principle action mein hai. Edge sanity check: ✔ L2.1 se match karta hai.

L3.2

Ek electron uniform field mein baitha hai. Uski orientation energy hai. Spin-up aur spin-down ke beech energy gap nikaalo, aur explain karo ki yeh gap spectral lines ki Zeeman splitting kyun cause karta hai.

Recall Solution

Do energies: (up ke liye ... carefully socho). ke liye, , toh . ke liye, , toh . Gap: Lines kyun split hoti hain: ek energy level do ban jaata hai (up aur down), se separate hoke. In se emit photons thodi different energies mein aate hain → ek spectral line close pair mein split ho jaati hai. Woh splitting ke saath scale hoti hai, jo Zeeman effect ka experimental signature hai.


Level 4 — Synthesis

(Do ya zyada strands ek saath.)

L4.1

Ek silver atom (net orbital , single valence electron spin carry karta hai) ek Stern–Gerlach magnet mein enter karta hai jisme field gradient hai. (a) Do possible forces nikaalo. (b) Agar atom field mein rehta hai aur mass hai, toh jo transverse velocity milti hai woh nikaalo. J/T lo.

Recall Solution

(a) Force. , ke saath: Toh do forces hain N aur N — equal size, opposite sign → beam symmetrically do mein split ho jaati hai. (b) Velocity kick. Newton: , phir : Answer: har atom N se push hota hai aur m/s ke saath nikalata hai (ek beam upar, ek neeche). ki discreteness do clean beams ke roop mein dikhti hai, smear nahi.

L4.2

Do electrons ek orbital mein combine karo. Pauli Exclusion Principle use karke unke values batao, phir total -projection aur net spin magnetic moment along calculate karo.

Recall Solution

Pauli: do electrons jo sab share karte hain, unka alag hona chahiye (dekho Quantum Numbers). Toh ek ka aur doosre ka hoga. Total shadow: Total moment: . Answer: ek filled orbital spin-neutral hota hai: aur . Isliye full shells koi net spin magnetism contribute nahi karte — do opposite arrows cancel ho jaate hain.


Level 5 — Mastery

(Boundary tak jaao: limits, impossibilities, deep reasons.)

L5.1

"Classical ball" refutation. Electron ko classical electron radius m wale uniform charged sphere ki tarah model karo, jo spin kare taaki uski angular momentum ho. Simple relation use karke equatorial surface speed estimate karo, aur m/s se compare karo.

Recall Solution

Setup: maano aur set karo. ke liye solve karo: Denominator compute karo: . Compute karo: . Compare karo: . Conclusion: surface light ki speed se 68 baar tej move karegi — physically impossible. Isliye spin literal spatial rotation nahi hai. Yeh ek intrinsic quantum label hai, exactly jaisa parent note warn karta hai. (Rough overshoot standard textbook result hai; point enormous violation hai, last digit nahi.)

L5.2

Tilt generalise karo: spin ke particle ke liye prove karo ki aur ke beech sabse chhota possible angle kisi bhi finite ke liye nahi ho sakta, phir dikhao ki yeh kya approach karta hai. Ise figure s01 ke uncertainty reason se jodo.

Recall Solution

Sabse chhota angle sabse badi shadow se aata hai, (L3.1 mein already nikala): Kabhi nahi: ke liye chahiye, yaani , kisi bhi finite ke liye impossible. Toh hamesha ⇒ hamesha. Limit: par, (classical limit); electron ke liye par yeh maximum hai. Kyun (deep reason): agar arrow perfectly ke along hota, uski saari length mein hoti aur kuch bhi mein nahi — matlab exactly aur simultaneously jaane jaate. Commutator ise forbid karta hai. Figure s01 mein bacha hua length (jo side mein stick out karta hai) precisely woh uncertainty hai jo zaroor rehni chahiye. Toh tilt koi quirk nahi — yeh uncertainty principle ki geometry hai.


Recall One-line self-test (sabhi problems ke baad hi kholo)

Projection use karta hai, size use karta hai ::: (shadow); (full length) — doosra hamesha bada hota hai.

Connections

  • Parent: Spin — woh concepts jo yeh exercises drill karti hain.
  • Stern-Gerlach Experiment — L1.2, L4.1 yahan rehte hain.
  • Zeeman Effect & Fine Structure — L3.2 energy splitting.
  • Pauli Exclusion Principle & Quantum Numbers — L4.2 paired electrons.
  • Bohr Magneton — poore mein use hone wali unit.
  • Orbital Angular Momentum — same algebra, integer .
  • Dirac Equation — L2.3 mein use hone wale ka origin.